Matthew 18:28
King James Version
9 Jun 2026
“But the same servant went out, and found one of his fellowservants, which owed him an hundred pence: and he laid hands on him, and took him by the throat, saying, Pay me that thou owest.”
δοῦλος
Slave, servant, bondservant. Doulos. Paul a servant of Jesus Christ. The highest title Paul claimed was slave of Christ. Belonging completely to Jesus is the greatest freedom.
εὑρίσκω
found
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εὑρίσκω
To find, to discover, to obtain. Heurisko. Seek and you will find. The finding is guaranteed for those who seek. God is findable because He wants to be found.
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λέγω
saying;
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λέγω
To say, to speak with authority. Jesus said and it was so. When Jesus speaks everything listens. His words carry the weight of creation behind them.
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κρατέω
having seized
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κρατέω
To hold fast, to keep a grip on. Hold fast to what is good. In a world of shifting values grip tightly to what God says is true and right.
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ὀφείλω
was owing
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ὀφείλω
to owe (pecuniarily); figuratively, to be under obligation (ought, must, should); morally, to fail in duty
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σύνδουλος
fellow servants
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σύνδουλος
a co-slave, i.e. servitor or ministrant of the same master (human or divine)
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πνίγω
he was throttling him
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πνίγω
to wheeze, i.e. (causative, by implication) to throttle or strangle (drown)
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ἐκεῖνος
same
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ἐκεῖνος
that one (or (neuter) thing); often intensified by the article prefixed
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ἐξέρχομαι
Having gone out
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ἐξέρχομαι
to issue (literally or figuratively)
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τὶς
any
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τὶς
some or any person or object
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δηνάριον
denarii,
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δηνάριον
a denarius (or ten asses)
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εἰ
if
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εἰ
if, whether, that, etc.
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ἑκατόν
a hundred
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ἑκατόν
a hundred
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